Marrickville’s street trees spared the chainsaw

A great result for Marrickville’s street trees last night. Council did not adopt the recommendation and instead resolved unanimously to adopt the resolution below.

The Stanmore lemon scented gum

“The Greens are very pleased that Council has backed away from making prioritising concrete over street trees,” said Greens Councillor Max Phillips.

“A packed public gallery and large number of speakers, as well as the large volume of emails Councillors received is an indication of the high level of community concern with the proposal to remove so many trees and make concrete king.

“For the time being mass tree removal has been frozen on the agenda while Marrickville Council commissions a ‘Street Tree Management Plan’. This plan should take a more holistic and balanced approach to street trees seeing them as valuable assets, not just potential liabilities.

“The Greens encourage the community to get involved in formulating this plan so that it is clear to Council that residents want to keep our larger trees, native trees and want to increase our canopy.”

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